The ropelength conjecture of alternating knots

MaRDI QIDQ6406516zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Y. Diao

Publication date 29 July 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Invariants of 3-manifolds (including skein modules, character varieties) (57K31) Low-dimensional topology in specific dimensions (57K99)

Abstract: A long standing conjecture states that the ropelength of any alternating knot is at least proportional to its crossing number. In this paper we prove that this conjecture is true. That is, there exists a constant $b_0>0$ such that $R(K)ge{b}_{0}Cr(K)$ for any alternating knot $K$, where $R(K)$ is the ropelength of $K$ and $Cr(K)$ is the crossing number of $K$. In this paper, we prove that this conjecture is true.

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